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First Craxi government

42nd government of the Italian Republic

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 14, 2025
Entity authorityQ962463 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Craxi I Cabinet was the cabinet of the Italian government which held office from 4 August 1983 until 1 August 1986, for a total of 1,093 days, or 2 years, 11 months and 28 days.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “First Craxi government” as 42nd government of the Italian Republic. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around First, Craxi and government.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1983, 1986—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1983-08-04. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with First, Craxi and government providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “First Craxi government”, the useful work is to connect “42nd government of the Italian Republic” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 14, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q962463. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1983 and 1986.

Critical limits

Institutional narratives can privilege the records that survived while minimizing voices that were never formally collected. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “First Craxi government” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.